MARCH ON THE PENTAGON

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STOP THE WAR AT HOME AND ABROAD
FROM WASHINGTON D.C. – TO BALTIMORE – TO WALL STREET

WASHINGTON D.C.
Saturday, March 21
ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE IRAQ WAR—
MARCH ON THE PENTAGON

March to stop the occupation of Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine. Bring the troops home now!

Join the Bailout the People Movement in Washington D.C. Look for our banners on that day or for more information call our national office at 212.... See our website: www.BailoutPeople.org
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"A szemünk előtt kínozták halálra társainkat" - újabb vallomások Guantánamóról

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Újabb részletek jelentek meg a Guantánamón alkalmazott kegyetlen kínzásokról: rab és őr beszámolója. A német Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitungnak nyilatkozott egy volt fogoly és egy korábbi börtönőr. Az előbbi, a pakisztáni születésű, de brit állampolgár, 40 éves Moazzam Begg három éven keresztül, 2002 januárja és 2005 januárja között raboskodott a fogolytáborban, míg az utóbbi, a 24 éves Christopher Arendt 2004-ben - egy éven keresztül - volt ott börtönőr.

Egymással csak most, Birminghamben találkoztak, ahol az újság az interjúkat készítette, a börtöntáborban nem hozta őket össze a sors, Begg ugyanis egy másik szárnyban raboskodott. Az ottani körülményeket azonban - bár másképp élték át azokat - hasonlóan festették le.
Moazzam Begg szerint az amerikaiak mindenkit, aki odakerült, al-Kaida tagnak, illetve afgán ellenállónak, azaz tálib terroristának minősítettek. Őt egyébként Iszlámábádban rabolták el, ahol annak idején családját látogatta meg. Rokonai szeme láttára hurcolták el őt ismeretlen személyek, szavai szerint nyilvánvalóan amerikaiak. 2001. szeptember 11. után azon a vidéken majdnem mindenki "gyanúsnak" számított.
A volt fogoly szerint a három év alatt szinte mindennap kínozták, mégpedig minden elképzelhető módszerrel. Botokkal és vasrudakkal verték, taposták, nem hagyták aludni, vagy elviselhetetlen zajokkal gyötörték, s kutyákat eresztettek rá. A feleségével és gyermekeivel kapcsolatos fenyegetések, zsarolások pedig szintén mindennapos kínzási módszert jelentettek.
A legkegyetlenebb tapasztalat azonban elmondása szerint annak átélése volt, amikor fogolytársakat a szeme előtt kínoztak halálra. "Amikor az ember mások kínzásának szemtanúja, s semmit nem tehet ellene, az rosszabb, mintha őt kínoznák" - nyilatkozta Begg.
A ma Chicagóban élő Arendt semmit nem cáfolt. A Pentagon fiatal katonaként, 19 évesen vezényelte Guantanámóra, s elmondása szerint elsősorban az ott alkalmazott pszichológiai terror viselte meg.
Foglyokat például órákon keresztül elviselhetetlen pozíciókba kényszerítették, hogy megakadályozzák őket az alvásban. Ebben, továbbá a bebörtönzöttek testi bántalmazásában ő is részt vett - ismerte be, hozzátéve - így utólag -, hogy élete legszörnyűbb évét töltötte Guantánamón.
Begg szerint az ott eltöltött évek örök traumát jelentenek. Bár most már szabadságban és családjával a él, egyszerűen nem lehet úgy élni tovább, mint Guantánamo előtt. Szabadulása óta egyébként sem az amerikai, sem a brit hatóságok semmit nem tisztáztak a vele történtekről.
Christopehr Arendt készségesen állt a német lap rendelkezésére. Szavai szerint egyszerűen nyilatkozni akart, mert az Egyesült Államokban senki nem kíván beszélni arról, ami ott történt, a média pedig nem az igazat közli.
Az egykori fogoly és az egykori börtönőr nem neheztel egymásra. Begg az interjúban barátjának nevezte Arendtet, az utóbbi pedig csodálta a guantánamói börtön volt lakójának erejét és bátorságát.

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Bush Countdown Clock

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Cipők, cipők...Oh, ezek a gyönyörű cipők...(2)

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Ki mondta volna…
Egy pár cipó ha bevonul a történelembe, akkor bevonul a történelembe… George W. Bush viszont mehet az őt megillető helyre: a történelem szemet kosarába…

Muntader al-Zaidi:
"This is a gift from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog!" Ez egy ajandek az irakiaktol, ez a bucsucsok, te kutya!

Iraqi Shoe-Hurling Journalist Said to Ask for Pardon

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and ATHEER KAKAN

In a letter addressed to the prime minister, Nuri Kamal al-Maliki, the reporter apologized for the incident, calling it an “ugly action,” an Iraqi government official said.

December 19, 2008

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Say Whatever You Want, but No Throwing Shoes

By WILLIAM NEUMAN

A man protesting the M.T.A.'s planned fare increases was dragged out of a meeting by police officers who feared he was about to throw a shoe at the authority's chief executive.

December 18, 2008

MORE ON MUNTADER AL-ZAIDI AND: SHOES AND BOOTS, TRANSIT SYSTEMS, BUDGETS AND BUDGETING, PRICES (FARES, FEES AND RATES), METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY

Tumult in Iraqi Parliament Over Shoe

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and ATHEER KAKAN

A session of the Iraqi Parliament erupted in an uproar on Wednesday as the continuing detention of an Iraqi reporter who threw his shoes at President Bush was hotly debated.

December 18, 2008

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When a President Is Treated With Disrespect

To the Editor:.

December 17, 2008

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Iraqi Shoe-Hurling Journalist to Face Judge on Wednesday

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and ABEER MOHAMMED

At the court appearance on Wednesday, a judge is to decide whether to try the journalist, who has become a folk hero in much of the Arab world.

December 17, 2008

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In Iraqi’s Shoe-Hurling Protest, Arabs Find a Hero. (It’s Not Bush.)

By TIMOTHY WILLIAMS and ABEER MOHAMMED

The Iraqi journalist who threw shoes at President Bush has stirred emotions across the Arab world.

December 16, 2008

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Iraqi Journalist Hurls Shoes at Bush and Denounces Him on TV as a ‘Dog’

By STEVEN LEE MYERS and ALISSA J. RUBIN

President Bush, on his fourth and final trip to Iraq, got a taste of dissent at a Baghdad press event Sunday.

December 15, 2008

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Steve Bell award 2009

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Dont Worry, Be Happy!

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BUSH SHOE THROWING GAMES

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Dobd meg cipővel bush-t! Unaloműző játékok

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Cipők, cipők...Oh, ezek a gyönyörű cipők...

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Suddenly, two shoes...

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http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11407

...The Iraqi journalist has "a broken arm and ribs, and cuts to his eye and arm". The sectarian Quisling gang of warlords and mafia hoods who've been pimping in the Green Zone for the past six years will never be able to forgive this Iraqi hero who's shown the world their infamy. For this reason he needs all our support. Please, sign this petition and write to journalists and journalists' organizations, human rights advocates, your representative in your country's Parliament and European Parliament. To save one life is to save humanity.

http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/iwffomuntatharalzaidi/

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Just Do It

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Then do it again...and again...

By Jay Leno
Copyright NBC 2008

Brave Iraqi Journalist throws his shoe at George Bush.

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President George W. Bush dodges shoes thrown at him by Iraqi journalist Muntazer al-Zaidi from Al-Baghdadia television network, during press conference in Baghdad, December 14, 2008

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The last time...

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A leköszönő amerikai elnök az őt búcsúztató, izraeli ZZ Top rajongói egylet körében

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Hölgyeim és Uraim: a K...anyját mindenkinek aki a grúz bohóc mögé állt!

McCain: "Ma, mind grúzok vagyunk" McCain 800.000 dollárt kapott kampányához a grúz diktátor dél-oszétiai agressziójának támogatásáért cserében. Nézze meg a sztorit:
McCain: "We Are All Georgians Today" McCain got 800,000 dollars to his campaign to support Georgian dictator aggression against South Ossetia. Watch the story:

Grúz csapatok Csinvalin (a dél-Oszét főváros) az orosz ellencsapás előtt
Georgian troops in Tskhinvali before Russian strike back

Georgian Dictator Saakashvili Profile

November 8, 2007 Riot Police Violently Disperse Peaceful Protesters in the capital of Georgia
Health Ministry of Georgia reported that 508 people had sought emergency assistance and some 118 of them remained hospitalized
May 26, 2008 10,000 ANGRY GOERGIANS rallied and clash in Georgian capital Tbilisi over 'rigged' poll
02 .11. 2007 Tens of Thousands Protest in Tbilisi Against Georgian President
Tens of thousands of people in Tbilisi are protesting against the government of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili, who came to power following demonstrations that swept aside his predecessor in 2003. VOA Moscow Correspondent Peter Fedynsky has this report from Moscow. Opposition leaders also accuse the government of blocking roads around Tbilisi to prevent more people from joining the protest. Political tensions in Georgia escalated following accusations of corruption and anti-state activities against President Saakashvili by his former defense minister, Irakli Okruashvili, who was jailed in 2008.
November 8, 2007 * Human Rights Watch reports *: * Riot Police Violently Disperse Peaceful Protesters *Saakashvili Shuts TV Stations, Then Declares Emergency Rule.
Riot police in the Georgian capital Tbilisi beat demonstrators and shot fleeing protestors with rubber bullets while trying to disperse anti-government demonstrations, Human Rights Watch said today. Riot police later raided the private television station, Imedi TV and forced it and the Kavkasia television station to stop broadcasting. The Georgian government then declared a state of emergency and banned news broadcasts for 15 days, except by the state-funded Georgian Public Television. "Even in a time of crisis, Georgians have a right to protest peacefully without being beaten by the police," said Holly Cartner, Europe and Central Asia director at Human Rights Watch. " Firing rubber bullets at peaceful demonstrators is a complete abuse of the use of force. The government does not have a carte blanche to restrict fundamental freedoms just because it is in crisis."
The police also appear to have deliberately targeted journalists and independent observers. Two cameramen from Imedi TV were hospitalized, one with severe injuries, because of a beating by the police. Georgia's ombudsman, Sozar Subari, was also beaten. Riot police attacked him with rubber truncheons as he was documenting the police actions. Subari said in a public statement that he believes he was deliberately targeted because as ombudsman he regularly criticizes the Georgian government for human rights abuses.
Two television stations, Imedi TV and Kavkasia, which were broadcasting extensive coverage of the demonstrations and the police response, were taken off air around 9 p.m. Imedi TV ceased broadcasting shortly after its anchor announced on live television that the riot police had entered the station. Imedi radio station also stopped broadcasting and Imedi's website became inaccessible. A few minutes later, Kavkasia, which broadcasts only in the capital Tbilisi, also went off the air. Imedi TV was founded and co-owned by Badri Patarkatsishvili (NOW MYSTERIOUSLY DEAD AT YOUNG AGE), a wealthy financier and critic of the government who openly financed the opposition in Georgia. "Beating journalists or shutting down television stations for reporting on the events can't be justified by subsequently declaring a state of emergency," said H*uman Rights Watch.* The exact number of injured is unknown, but the Health Ministry of Georgia reported that 508 people had sought emergency assistance and some 118 of them remained hospitalized.
History of "Democratically elected" friend of McCain and other neo-cons in U.S. government: On Feb 3, 2003 Georgia's Prime Minister, Zurab Zhvaniya, was found dead early Thursday and apparently killed by carbon monoxide. One lawmaker, Amiran Shalamberidze, suggested that Zurab Zhvaniya might have been murdered. Although Saakashvili and Zhvaniya had worked closely together in the well-orchestrated "Rose" revolution and in government, they were widely regarded as potential rivals. Zhvaniya was regarded as a moderating influence in disputes with Russia and on the impulsive Georgian president. Former Georgian President Shevardnadze, who helped to end the Cold War between the East and the West as former Foreign Minister of USSR, is another victim of the violent actions by McCain and Condoleezza Rice's good friend and so-called "Democratically elected" Saakashvili.
We should remember that Dictator Saddam Hussein, who died from the tortured execution, received far more votes in his last election than the brutal Georgian ruler Saakashvili.
September 12, 2008 Georgia's non-governmental organisations have urged the EU to launch a thorough enquiry into alleged human rights violations in South Ossetia*.* members of the opposition like Shalva Natelashvili the head of the Labor party would say: " If Saakashvili didn't attack Tskhinval then the Russian air force wouldn't have taken off and the Kremlin wouldn't have had reason to recognise these republics," Natelashvili said. "We will not protest, we already protested last year and Saakashvili used chemical weapons on us."